US20100031951A1 - Gas lighting device having simplified fastening means to an electric household appliance, in particular a cooking range - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F24C3/00—Stoves or ranges for gaseous fuels
- F24C3/10—Arrangement or mounting of ignition devices
- F24C3/103—Arrangement or mounting of ignition devices of electric ignition devices
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
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- the present invention relates to a gas lighting device of the type intended to equip an electric household appliance, such as for example a cooking range, provided with simplified fastening means to a carrying element of the electric household appliance.
- an electronic gas lighting device including a casing of electrically insulating material fastenable in use to a carrying element of an electric household appliance, e.g. an attachment portion of a cooking range, by means of at least one pair of perforations arranged at an appropriate reciprocal distance on the carrying element and appropriate mated fastening means carried by the casing.
- These may consist of a pair of teeth, at least one of which elastic, or of fastening screws seats, or of combinations of teeth and screw seats.
- the present invention thus relates to a gas lighting device for an electric household appliance comprising a casing made of electrically insulating material and fastening means of the casing to a carrying element of the electric household appliance, the fastening means being coupleable with corresponding perforations of the carrying element and consisting in at least one pair of elastically deformable fastening elements protrudingly carried overhangingly by the casing, as defined in claim 1 .
- the fastening elements are obtained in a position immediately adjacent one to the other and such that they are adapted to snappingly couple with only one and the same of said perforations of the carrying element of the electric household appliance.
- the fastening elements are preferably integrally obtained in one piece with the casing and extend perpendicularly to and protrudingly from one side wall of the casing intended in use to face said perforations.
- the gas lighting device includes a single pair of fastening elements, carried specularly by a single protruding base portion of the casing, so as to be operatively connected to define, on the casing, a single anchoring point of the casing to the electric household appliance.
- each fastening element comprises: an arm which protrudingly extends from the casing starting from a bottom end thereof; a first fin which obliquely and protrudingly extends from a free end of said arm, opposite to the bottom end, in a direction such as to approach the casing progressively as it is distanced from the arm in a direction transversal to the same; and a second fin which protrudingly and obliquely extends from the first fin towards the casing but with an inclination contrary to that of the first fin, into proximity with said bottom end of the arm.
- the new gas lighting device according to the invention may also be used on existing cooking ranges, by using only one of the perforations already arranged on the same.
- FIG. 1 shows a side three-quarter perspective view of an electronic gas lighting device made according to the invention
- FIG. 2 diagrammatically shows on a reduced scale an elevation side view of the electronic gas lighting device in FIG. 1 mounted on a cooking range.
- numeral 1 indicates as a whole a gas lighting device for an electric household appliance, a cooking range 2 in the non-limiting case in point; the device 1 comprises a casing 4 made of electrically insulating material and fastening means 5 of the casing to a carrying element 6 of the electric household appliance, in the illustrated case in point consisting of an attachment portion for the device 1 of the cooking range 2 .
- the fastening means 5 are of the type coupleable with corresponding perforations 8 , 9 of the carrying element 6 and consist of at least one pair of elastically deformable fastening elements 10 , 11 protrudingly carried by the casing 4 .
- the perforations 8 , 9 are of the traditional type, arranged at a reciprocal predetermined distance through the carrying element 6 .
- the fastening elements intended to couple with the perforations 8 , 9 are obtained reciprocally distanced with the same distance between centres as the perforations 8 , 9
- the fastening elements 10 , 11 of the gas lighting device 1 according to the invention are obtained in a position immediately adjacent to each other and such that they are adapted to simultaneously and snappingly couple with only one and the same of said perforations 8 , 9 (with the perforation 8 , in the illustrated embodiment).
- the fastening elements 10 , 11 are integrally obtained in one piece with the casing 4 , e.g. by moulding the synthetic plastic material of the same, and extend perpendicularly to and protrudingly from a side wall 12 of the casing 4 intended in use to face the perforations 8 , 9 and the corresponding cooking range 2 .
- the illustrated device 1 presents a single fastening element 10 and a single fastening element 11 , so that the fastening means 5 consist of a pair of fastening elements 10 , 11 , carried specularly by a single protruding base portion 18 of the casing 4 , integrally formed on the side wall 12 , so as to be reciprocally and operatively connected to define, on the casing 4 , a single anchoring point, indicated as a whole by numeral 20 , of the casing 4 to the electric household appliance 2 .
- the fastening elements 10 , 11 are reciprocally and symmetrically oriented one with respect to the other according to a longitudinal extension direction of the casing 4 , indicated by axis A in FIG. 1 , along which the casing 4 presents its maximum extension in length.
- a longitudinal extension direction A With respect to such a longitudinal extension direction A, corresponding electric terminals 22 of the device 1 carried by the casing 4 are transversally oriented.
- the fastening element 10 is specularly symmetric to the fastening element 11 and each comprises: an arm 30 , which protrudingly extends from the casing 4 starting from a bottom end 31 thereof; a first fin 32 , which obliquely and protrudingly extends from a free end 33 of the arm 30 , opposite to the bottom end 31 , in a direction such as to approach the casing 4 progressively as it is distanced from the arm 30 in a direction transversal to the same; and a second fin 34 , which protrudingly and obliquely extends from the fin 32 towards the casing 4 although with an inclination contrary to that of the fin 32 , into proximity with the bottom end 31 of the arm 30 .
- each fastening element 10 , 11 are integrally formed in one piece and the fin 32 is connected to the free end 33 by a curve linking portion 36 , having a concavity facing towards the casing 4 and adapted to define a preferential bending point of the fastening element 10 or 11 , respectively.
- the second fin 34 is further delimited on its side opposite to that facing the arm 30 by a toothed face 40 provided with protrusions transversally oriented with respect to the fin 34 itself.
- each fastening element 10 , 11 displays a size, and is arranged at a distance, in direction A, from the other fastening element, such that the toothed face 40 of the corresponding fin 34 is adapted in use to cooperate with interference with one of the opposite peripheral edges 44 of the perforation 8 delimiting the opposite ends of the same in direction A, while the other toothed face 40 of the other fastening element simultaneously cooperates with the other edge 44 .
- the faces 40 act as ratchets which allow to recover possible size variations of the fastening elements 10 , 11 and/or of the cooking range 2 and/or of the perforation 8 due to machining tolerances.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a gas lighting device of the type intended to equip an electric household appliance, such as for example a cooking range, provided with simplified fastening means to a carrying element of the electric household appliance.
- It is known from EP1101067B1 to the same Applicant an electronic gas lighting device including a casing of electrically insulating material fastenable in use to a carrying element of an electric household appliance, e.g. an attachment portion of a cooking range, by means of at least one pair of perforations arranged at an appropriate reciprocal distance on the carrying element and appropriate mated fastening means carried by the casing. These may consist of a pair of teeth, at least one of which elastic, or of fastening screws seats, or of combinations of teeth and screw seats.
- The above-described known device is more than satisfactory. However, because the length of the casing depends on the number of burners which the gas lighting device is adapted to drive, as a result, perforations appropriately arranged at a precise reciprocal distance need to be provided for each gas lighting device model; since any one of the cooking ranges may have a different number of burners, according to the model, the electric household appliance manufacturers do not currently obtain the scale economics which could be achieved if, hypothetically, all the gas lighter models could be mounted on the same pair of perforations.
- It is thus the object of the present invention to improve the known gas lighting devices by providing a gas lighting device provided with simplified fastening means to the electric household appliance and such that is it possible to mount different gas lighter models on any cooking range model, all of this ensuring low manufacturing and assembly costs, reduced size and high fastening reliability of the gas lighter to the electric household appliance.
- The present invention thus relates to a gas lighting device for an electric household appliance comprising a casing made of electrically insulating material and fastening means of the casing to a carrying element of the electric household appliance, the fastening means being coupleable with corresponding perforations of the carrying element and consisting in at least one pair of elastically deformable fastening elements protrudingly carried overhangingly by the casing, as defined in
claim 1. - Specifically, the fastening elements are obtained in a position immediately adjacent one to the other and such that they are adapted to snappingly couple with only one and the same of said perforations of the carrying element of the electric household appliance.
- The fastening elements are preferably integrally obtained in one piece with the casing and extend perpendicularly to and protrudingly from one side wall of the casing intended in use to face said perforations. Furthermore, according to a preferred aspect of the invention, the gas lighting device includes a single pair of fastening elements, carried specularly by a single protruding base portion of the casing, so as to be operatively connected to define, on the casing, a single anchoring point of the casing to the electric household appliance.
- For this purpose, each fastening element comprises: an arm which protrudingly extends from the casing starting from a bottom end thereof; a first fin which obliquely and protrudingly extends from a free end of said arm, opposite to the bottom end, in a direction such as to approach the casing progressively as it is distanced from the arm in a direction transversal to the same; and a second fin which protrudingly and obliquely extends from the first fin towards the casing but with an inclination contrary to that of the first fin, into proximity with said bottom end of the arm.
- In this manner, it is possible to safely fix a gas lighting device of any model, and thus of any length, onto any cooking range model, exploiting a single perforation, instead of a pair of perforations, thus overcoming the limits of the known art, with great advantage of the manufacturers of electric household appliances. Furthermore, the new gas lighting device according to the invention may also be used on existing cooking ranges, by using only one of the perforations already arranged on the same.
- Further features and advantages of the invention will be apparent in the following description of a non-limitative embodiment thereof, with reference to the figures in the accompanying drawing, in which:
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FIG. 1 shows a side three-quarter perspective view of an electronic gas lighting device made according to the invention; -
FIG. 2 diagrammatically shows on a reduced scale an elevation side view of the electronic gas lighting device inFIG. 1 mounted on a cooking range. - With reference to
FIGS. 1 and 2 ,numeral 1 indicates as a whole a gas lighting device for an electric household appliance, acooking range 2 in the non-limiting case in point; thedevice 1 comprises acasing 4 made of electrically insulating material and fastening means 5 of the casing to a carryingelement 6 of the electric household appliance, in the illustrated case in point consisting of an attachment portion for thedevice 1 of thecooking range 2. - The fastening means 5 are of the type coupleable with
corresponding perforations carrying element 6 and consist of at least one pair of elasticallydeformable fastening elements casing 4. In the illustrated example, theperforations carrying element 6. - Unlike the known gas lighting devices, in which the fastening elements intended to couple with the
perforations perforations fastening elements gas lighting device 1 according to the invention are obtained in a position immediately adjacent to each other and such that they are adapted to simultaneously and snappingly couple with only one and the same of saidperforations 8,9 (with theperforation 8, in the illustrated embodiment). - In the example shown, the
fastening elements casing 4, e.g. by moulding the synthetic plastic material of the same, and extend perpendicularly to and protrudingly from aside wall 12 of thecasing 4 intended in use to face theperforations corresponding cooking range 2. Furthermore, the illustrateddevice 1 presents asingle fastening element 10 and asingle fastening element 11, so that the fastening means 5 consist of a pair offastening elements protruding base portion 18 of thecasing 4, integrally formed on theside wall 12, so as to be reciprocally and operatively connected to define, on thecasing 4, a single anchoring point, indicated as a whole bynumeral 20, of thecasing 4 to theelectric household appliance 2. - Furthermore, the
fastening elements casing 4, indicated by axis A inFIG. 1 , along which thecasing 4 presents its maximum extension in length. With respect to such a longitudinal extension direction A, correspondingelectric terminals 22 of thedevice 1 carried by thecasing 4 are transversally oriented. - The
fastening element 10 is specularly symmetric to thefastening element 11 and each comprises: anarm 30, which protrudingly extends from thecasing 4 starting from abottom end 31 thereof; afirst fin 32, which obliquely and protrudingly extends from afree end 33 of thearm 30, opposite to thebottom end 31, in a direction such as to approach thecasing 4 progressively as it is distanced from thearm 30 in a direction transversal to the same; and asecond fin 34, which protrudingly and obliquely extends from thefin 32 towards thecasing 4 although with an inclination contrary to that of thefin 32, into proximity with thebottom end 31 of thearm 30. - The
arm 30, thefirst fin 32 and thesecond fin 34 of eachfastening element fin 32 is connected to thefree end 33 by acurve linking portion 36, having a concavity facing towards thecasing 4 and adapted to define a preferential bending point of thefastening element - The
second fin 34 is further delimited on its side opposite to that facing thearm 30 by atoothed face 40 provided with protrusions transversally oriented with respect to thefin 34 itself. - According to the foregoing description, each
fastening element toothed face 40 of thecorresponding fin 34 is adapted in use to cooperate with interference with one of the oppositeperipheral edges 44 of theperforation 8 delimiting the opposite ends of the same in direction A, while theother toothed face 40 of the other fastening element simultaneously cooperates with theother edge 44. - In this manner, not only is a firm fastening of the
casing 4 on thecooking range 2 ensured even though by means of a single attachment point, but in virtue of the conformation of thefins fastening elements snapping edges 44. - In this manner, the
faces 40 act as ratchets which allow to recover possible size variations of thefastening elements cooking range 2 and/or of theperforation 8 due to machining tolerances.
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